DisplayBuddy Reviews

1. Khan Winter

   about 1 year ago
   Simple UI, and does what is says very well!

   If you use a monitor with your Mac, this app is life changing. I started using DisplayBuddy and I can never go back to monitor buttons now!

   👍 Pros:    Works perfectly|Supports mac shortcuts

Stats Reviews

DisplayBuddy mentions (8)

• Little macOS Apps That Make a Big Difference in 2024

  Adding my must haves: - DisplayBuddy: a more modern alternative to BetterDisplay to control monitors (https://displaybuddy.app) - Magnet: the simplest and best window manager (https://magnet.crowdcafe.com) - DaisyDisk: fantastic way to visualise your disk usage and free up space (https://daisydiskapp.com). - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago

• 18-year-old built a better computer monitor that doesn't strain your eyes

  Why not just use https://displaybuddy.app on a modern monitor and not strain your eyes. - Source: Hacker News / 8 months ago

• Scrollbars Are Becoming a Problem

  If you’re looking for something that allows media keys and custom keyboard shortcuts: https://displaybuddy.app/ Works on both Windows and Mac. - Source: Hacker News / 8 months ago

• TIL there are apps that can control your monitor without touching the buttons on it

  All DDC related features in BetterDisplay and MonitorControl is completely free without limitation or no nag screens of any kind. Lunar has manual control available for free (with a daily adjustment limit). DisplayBuddy was also mentioned here - it is a rather limited app and asks a bunch of money for stuff that is available for free and in a better implemented form in basically every other app (which is weird as... Source: about 1 year ago

• App LIST!!!

  DisplayBuddy (Paid) Very limited options, tbh I don't recommend it compared to Lunar or BetterDisplay. Source: over 1 year ago

Stats mentions (95)

• Ask HN: What macOS apps/programs do you use daily and recommend?

  * MacPorts: Everything you need to make Apple Unix equivalent to a Linux box, plus more. Works with the Apple OS, not against it. Doesn't put things in weird places or expect to disable SIP etc. Updates the old versions of CLI stuff that is in the standard MacOS (eg bash, GNU utilities etc). * iTerm2: Awesome terminal. In terms of MacOS stuff to enhance the out-of-the-box: * Bartender to control what shows on the... - Source: Hacker News / 5 days ago

• Nvtop: Linux Task Monitor for Nvidia, AMD and Intel GPUs

  Its not a terminal app like bottom or nvtop but I use https://github.com/exelban/stats and it has iGPU stats. - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago

• Hard disk LEDs and noisy machines

  I’ve found stats [1] to be a great open source alternative to the iStat Menus system monitor app mentioned in the article. [1] https://github.com/exelban/stats. - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago

• A standalone Activity Monitor alternative that isn't on the menu bar and shows stats for individual apps and groups processes by app?

  Have not used it for quite some time, and I think it was launching the Mac system monitor , it does don't have its own widow , but you can check this https://github.com/exelban/stats. Source: 12 months ago

• iOS 16.5.1 and macOS 13.4.1 Address Actively Exploited Vulnerabilities, Make Sure to Update

  Install stats and put it in your menu bar. It will show the top processes. If my battery is going down quicker than usual I check there and it is usually some hungry tab in Firefox. But I've also noticed bluetoothd using way more CPU than I would expect. Source: 12 months ago